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The following article applies to the new assignment functionality and logic on Foundry. To determine if this article applies to the features in your Foundry account, please refer to the section this page called “Which Version of Assignments Are You Using?”
Assignments on Foundry can be classified under 4 different statuses each with varying permissions of what administrators can do to adjust settings and how they display on the admin and the learner dashboards.
This guide will clarify what is possible for each of these states and when each may be most useful for an administrator.
Assignment Statuses
| Status | Scheduled | Started | Closed | Archived |
| Why Use This? | I want to set up my assignment ahead of time so I am not rushing on the planned start date. | On and after the Start Date, this is how I know invitations went out to learners. | I don't want to add any new learners to this assignment, but I'll let anyone who was already assigned complete it even if it's past due. | I want to stop allowing all progress in this assignment and move it to the "Deactivated" tab. |
| Can I edit the assignment? | Yes, as long as it is before the Start Date. | Only Due Date and Reminder schedule. | Only Assignment Name and archival Date. | Only Assignment Name. |
| Can I add learners? | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Invitations | No invites | Invites go out to scheduled learners on the Start Date. Anyone added later on will receive the invite when assigned. | No invites | No invites |
| Reminders | No reminders | Reminders go out as scheduled. | Reminders go out as scheduled. | No reminders |
| Learner Dashboard | No Card Visible | Visible on Open tab until completed. | Visible on Open tab until completed. | Visible on Closed tab if incomplete, but cannot click into the course. If complete, the learner can click "Review Content." |
| Learner Status (on Training Progress Report) | Not Started, Selected | Individual progress /participation status (Not Started, In Progress, Complete, Past Due) | Individual progress /participation status (Not Started, In Progress, Complete, Past Due) | Closed |
| Can I unassign learners? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Can I close the assignment? | No | Yes. The assignment will change to "Closed" and learners' statuses are unchanged. | No. It is already Closed. | No |
| Can I archive the assignment? | Yes. The assignment will change to "Archived" and all learners are unassigned. | Yes. The assignment will change to "Archived" and all learners' assignments will be "Closed" meaning they cannot continue progress. | Yes. The assignment will change to "Archived" and all learners' assignments will be "Closed" meaning they cannot continue progress. | No. It is already Archived. |
| Status | |
| Scheduled | |
| Started | |
| Closed | |
| Archived | |
| Why Use This? | |
| I want to set up my assignment ahead of time so I am not rushing on the planned start date. | |
| On and after the Start Date, this is how I know invitations went out to learners. | |
| I don't want to add any new learners to this assignment, but I'll let anyone who was already assigned complete it even if it's past due. | |
| I want to stop allowing all progress in this assignment and move it to the "Deactivated" tab. | |
| Can I edit the assignment? | |
| Yes, as long as it is before the Start Date. | |
| Only Due Date and Reminder schedule. | |
| Only Assignment Name and archival Date. | |
| Only Assignment Name. | |
| Can I add learners? | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| No | |
| No | |
| Invitations | |
| No invites | |
| Invites go out to scheduled learners on the Start Date. Anyone added later on will receive the invite when assigned. | |
| No invites | |
| No invites | |
| Reminders | |
| No reminders | |
| Reminders go out as scheduled. | |
| Reminders go out as scheduled. | |
| No reminders | |
| Learner Dashboard | |
| No Card Visible | |
| Visible on Open tab until completed. | |
| Visible on Open tab until completed. | |
| Visible on Closed tab if incomplete, but cannot click into the course. If complete, the learner can click "Review Content." | |
| Learner Status (on Training Progress Report) | |
| Not Started, Selected | |
| Individual progress /participation status (Not Started, In Progress, Complete, Past Due) | |
| Individual progress /participation status (Not Started, In Progress, Complete, Past Due) | |
| Closed | |
| Can I unassign learners? | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| No | |
| Can I close the assignment? | |
| No | |
| Yes. The assignment will change to "Closed" and learners' statuses are unchanged. | |
| No. It is already Closed. | |
| No | |
| Can I archive the assignment? | |
| Yes. The assignment will change to "Archived" and all learners are unassigned. | |
| Yes. The assignment will change to "Archived" and all learners' assignments will be "Closed" meaning they cannot continue progress. | |
| Yes. The assignment will change to "Archived" and all learners' assignments will be "Closed" meaning they cannot continue progress. | |
| No. It is already Archived. | |
Closed vs. Archived: Impact on Learners
| Closed | Archived | |
|---|---|---|
| Will reminders still be sent? | Yes | No |
| Can learners continue making progress in their assignments? | Yes | No |
| Can I add new learners? | No | No |
| Can I unassign learners? | Yes | No |
| Can learners review their courses? | Yes | Only if completed |
| Will reminders still be sent? | |
| Closed | Yes |
| Archived | No |
| Can learners continue making progress in their assignments? | |
| Closed | Yes |
| Archived | No |
| Can I add new learners? | |
| Closed | No |
| Archived | No |
| Can I unassign learners? | |
| Closed | Yes |
| Archived | No |
| Can learners review their courses? | |
| Closed | Yes |
| Archived | Only if completed |
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